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“I don’t want to run Ray into the ground,” “... Jared’s here. We met with him yesterday, he went through shootaround today. So we’ll throw him out there and see what he can do.”

• The Pelicans will have All-Star forward Anthony Davis (ankle) and guard Brian Roberts (knee) in the starting lineup.

Roberts being in the starting lineup will mean Tyreke Evans will not be at point guard to start the game.

• Prediction time: The Pelicans have won six of their last 10 games. Evans is one of only three players averaging at least 20 points, six assists and shooting 50 percent this month (LeBron James and James Harden are the others).

McCallum played his best game at Dallas, but it’s hard to ignore that the Kings have not won a game this season that either DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay or Thomas has missed.

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